Meeting: October 27, 2009

Format
Rockville

Meeting Date October 27, 2009 (8:34am – 1:31pm)

Member Organizations (Present at meeting in Bold)

AARP
American College of Physicians Foundation
American Geriatrics Society
American Hospital Association
American Medical Association
American Nurses Association
American Pharmacists Association
American Society for HealthCare Risk Management
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
Department of Defense (by phone)
Department of Veterans Affairs		 Food & Drug Administration
Generic Pharmaceutical Association
Institute for Healthcare Improvement Institute for Safe Medication Practices
The Joint Commission
National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
National Council on Patient Information & Education
National Patient Safety Foundation
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Society of Hospital Medicine
United States Pharmacopeia
Individual Members: Diane D. Cousins Deborah M. Nadzam

Discussion Items

  1. Summary of the June Meeting
  2. Agenda
  3. Membership Requests
    1. American College of Physicians Foundation
    2. Individual Member, Deborah Nadzam, PhD, RN, FAAN
  4. Web site analytics
  5. Request for permission to list web site on consumer page
  6. USP request for volunteers
  7. Subcommittee Reports
    1. Pediatric Medication Safety Subcommittee
    2. Medication Error Rates vs. Medication Error Reporting Rates
  8. DoD request for alternative language use in Category Index
  9. Rules and Procedures
  10. Planning for 15th Anniversary
  11. Organizational Hot Topics
  12. Strategic Plan

Action Items

  1. Observers and other participants were welcomed and introduced.
  2. Sal Peritore was recognized for his longtime service to NCC MERP as the delegate from the GPhA.
  3. The agenda was approved as reordered and meeting summary from June was approved with minor revisions.
  4. New membership request approved for:
    • American College of Physicians Foundation
  5. Individual membership renewal approved for:
    • Deborah Nadzam, PhD, RN, FAAN
  6. Request for permission to list web site on consumer page approved.
  7. Posting of Pediatric Medication Safety links on NCC MERP web site to other web sites under a "Tools and Resources" category approved.
  8. Weight based dosing was discussed and additional information was needed for Council action. Information will be brought back to the Council by 1/1/2010 for further discussion at February meeting.
  9. A proposal for an AHRQ conference grant on "Medication Error Rates vs. Medication Error Reporting Rates" will be drafted by 11/15/2009.
  10. A Task Force was established to review the Rules and Procedures for possible changes and updating.
  11. A Task Force was empaneled for the 15th Anniversary of the establishment of NCC MERP.
    • Historical Report from the 10th Anniversary will be updated by 11/15/2009
  12. Focus of Organizational Hot Topics include:
    • Draft of opposition to criminalizing medication errors due by 11/5/2009 Organizational positions on this topic due to Vice Chair by 1/1/2009 Draft Statement on this topic due out to NCC MERP membership by 12/15/2009 - Members comments integrated and final draft out for vote before February meeting
    • Medication reconciliation draft document due by 2/3/2010 for discussion at February meeting
    • Draft document on harmonizing AHRQ Common Formats with the NCC MERP Taxonomy due by 1/1/2010 for discussion at February meeting
    • Draft proposal for a National Alert Network for Serious Medication Errors due 1/1/2010 for presentation at February meeting
    • Support document on use of the metric system for medication dosing draft due 1/1/2010 for February meeting
  13. DoD request for use of alternative language (medication event vs. medication error) in NCC MERP
    Category Index was approved.
  14. Taxonomy terminology will be reviewed and updated if needed.

Next Meeting Date

February 3, 2010 (10:00am – 4:00pm)
New Time

Actions/Decisions are those of the Council as a whole and may not reflect the views/positions of individual member organizations.

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